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Use ImageMagick® to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of (over 200) including PNG, JPEG, JPEG-2000, GIF, TIFF, , , WebP, Postscript, PDF, and SVG. Use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves.

The functionality of ImageMagick is typically utilized from the or you can use the features from programs written in your favorite language. Choose from these interfaces: (Ada), (C), (C), (Ch), (COM+), (C++), (Java), (Julia), (Lisp), (LuaJIT), (Neko/haXe), (.NET), (Pascal), (Perl), (PHP), (PHP), (Python), (Ruby), or (Tcl/TK). With a language interface, use ImageMagick to modify or create images dynamically and automagically.

ImageMagick utilizes multiple computational threads to increase performance and can read, process, or write mega-, giga-, or tera-pixel image sizes.

ImageMagick is free software delivered as a ready-to-run binary distribution or as source code that you may use, copy, modify, and distribute in both open and proprietary applications. It is distributed under the Apache 2.0 .

The ImageMagick development process ensures a stable API and ABI. Before each ImageMagick release, we perform a comprehensive security assessment that includes memory error and thread data race detection to prevent security vulnerabilities.

The current release is ImageMagick . It runs on , , , , Android OS, and others.

The authoritative ImageMagick web site is . The authoritative source code repository is http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick. We maintain a source code mirror at GitLab and GitHub.

We continue to maintain the legacy release of ImageMagick, version 6, at .

Features and Capabilities

Here are just a few of what ImageMagick can do for you:

create a GIF animation sequence from a group of images.
accurate color management with color profiles or in lieu of-- built-in gamma compression or expansion as demanded by the colorspace.
utilize ImageMagick from the command-line.
Complex text layout bidirectional text support and shaping.
overlap one image over another.
uniquely label connected regions in an image.
add a border or frame to an image.
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implements the forward and inverse DFT.
offload intermediate pixel storage to one or more remote servers.
add shapes or text to an image.
convert ordinary images into unintelligible gibberish and back again.
convert an image from one to another (e.g. PNG to JPEG).
correct for, or induce image distortions including perspective.
certain algorithms are -enabled to take advantage of speed-ups offered by executing in concert across heterogeneous platforms consisting of CPUs, GPUs, and other processors.
accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from the brightest direct sunlight to the deepest darkest shadows.
apply a mathematical expression to an image or image channels.
create a gradual blend of two colors whose shape is horizontal, vertical, circular, or elliptical.
describe the format and attributes of an image.
convert, edit, or compose images on your iOS device such as the iPhone or iPad.
read, process, or write mega-, giga-, or tera-pixel image sizes.
juxtapose image thumbnails on an image canvas.
extract features, describe shapes, and recognize patterns in images.
read and write the common image formats used in digital film work.
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Perceptual hash map visually identical images to the same or similar hash-- useful in image retrieval, authentication, indexing, or copy detection as well as digital watermarking.
blur, sharpen, threshold, or tint an image.
insert descriptive or artistic text in an image.
ImageMagick is thread safe and most internal algorithms execute in to take advantage of speed-ups offered by multicore processor chips.
resize, rotate, deskew, crop, flip or trim an image.
render portions of an image invisible.
convenient access to pixels outside the image region.

shows how to use ImageMagick from the to accomplish any of these tasks and much more. Also, see Fred's ImageMagick Scripts: a plethora of command-line scripts that perform geometric transforms, blurs, sharpens, edging, noise removal, and color manipulations. With Magick.NET, use ImageMagick without having to install ImageMagick on your server or desktop.

News

Now that ImageMagick version 7 is released, we continue to maintain the legacy release of ImageMagick, version 6, at https://legacy.imagemagick.org.

ImageMagick best practices strongly encourages you to configure a that suits your local environment.

Community

To join the ImageMagick community, try the . You can review questions or comments (with informed responses) posed by ImageMagick users or ask your own questions. If you want to contribute image processing algorithms, other enhancements, or bug fixes, open an issue.